A method is provided for graphical presentation of objects and/or technical processes on a screen, as well as an editor implementing the method being provided. A tooltip appears when a pointing device such as a computer mouse for example uses its mouse pointer to remain for a predetermined time over a predetermined section of the display area, and that the tooltip graphically presents at least a part of the object and/or of the process in a modified way compared to that shown in the display area. In this way, with the aid of the tooltip, the same object and/or the same technical process can be presented in a number of views.
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1. A method for configuring a graphical user interface in a computer system to provide a graphical presentation of an object and/or a technical process on a screen of the graphical user interface, wherein the object and/or the technical process are presented on a display area of the screen, the method comprising: providing a tooltip if an input device remains for a predetermined time over a predetermined area of the display area, wherein the tooltip shows at least a part of the object and/or of the process graphically in a modified way compared to the graphical presentation of the object and/or a technical process shown on the display area, wherein a functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of a manufacturing or working process is shown by the tooltip, and wherein the tooltip shows another directional view of the object compared to a directional view of the object shown in the display area; monitoring at least one condition indicative of a status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process; determining the status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process based on the monitored at least one condition; and displaying on the tooltip the status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: converting the tooltip via a predetermined user action in a display window.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the converting is caused by pressing at least one key on a computer keyboard and/or by clicking on the tooltip with a computer mouse.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein a content of the display window is modified by a user, wherein the display window is closed, and wherein the content of the display window is available via a tooltip.
5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a content of the display window is modified by a user, wherein the display window is closed, and wherein the content of the display window is available via a tooltip.
6. A computer program product containing software codes sections for configuring a graphical user interface in a computer system to provide a graphical presentation of an object and/or a technical process on a screen of the graphical user interface, wherein the object and/or the technical process are presented on a display area of the screen, the computer program product comprising: computer-readable software code sections for generating a tooltip when an input device remains for a predetermined time over a predetermined area of the display area, wherein the tooltip shows at least a part of the object and/or of the process graphically in a modified way compared to the graphical presentation of the object and/or a technical process shown in the display area, wherein a functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of a manufacturing or working process is shown by the tooltip, wherein the tooltip shows another directional view of the object compared to a directional view of the object shown in the display area; computer-readable software code sections for monitoring at least one condition indicative of a status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process; computer-readable software code sections for determining the status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process based on the monitored at least one condition; and computer-readable software code sections for displaying on the tooltip the status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process.
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June 15, 2005
October 21, 2008
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